Listed Building: BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD AREA OFFICE (1139112)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1635, 5, 39
Date assigned 19 August 1986
Date last amended

Description

SJ 67 SE NORTHWICH C.P. NAVIGATION ROAD (East Side) 5/39 British Waterways Board Area Office GV II Weaver Navigation Office, now British Waterways, 1826. Brown brick with hipped graded grey slate roof. 2 storeys; 3 windows plus right wing of 2 windows. Plinth, first floor cill band and moulded cornice of stone. Oak 3-panel double doors in gauged brick round-arched recess with engaged Tuscan column to each side supporting wooden cornice beneath radial-bar fan with 3 concentric bars. Recessed 12-pane sashes under gauged brick heads. Blocked round-arched doorway in right wing. Lower storey extended at rear with 12-pane recessed sashes in main block above. Interior: Tuscan column to each side within entrance. Folding shutters in embrasures. Open-string dogleg stair has shaped brackets, stick balusters and curtail; 3 6-panel doors off landing, that opposite stair in panelled case with ornate moulded architraves. Listing NGR: SJ6560373538

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 57634. [Mapped features: #674 57634; #5983 57634]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6560 7356 (41m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ67SE
Civil Parish NORTHWICH, VALE ROYAL, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2011 3:13PM